Texts we've used so far...

Below are links to example texts that KASD teachers have used with students to address argumentation:

• Opinion: With millions unprotected, action is needed to end child slavery (Project Syndicate / Newsela)
• America's homelessness crisis (TheWeek.com)
• New rules for child labor in India come under fire from children's groups (LA Times / Newsela)
• Children under 12 banned from skateboarding (PSSA Grade 6 ELA Scoring Sampler)
• An anti-poverty program even conservatives can love (Politico)
• Life in the crossfire (Scholastic)
• PRO/CON: O'er the ramparts we watched as athletes were kneeling (Tribune Company / Newsela)
• David Winston: When the survey says the Holocaust is fading away (McCall)
• Essay: Martin Luther King Jr., a timely leader (Newsela)
• Tomatoes (Out of Eden Walk)
• How did geography affect the trade between ancient city-states?